The Black Tie Dinner was on Wednesday 19 October at the Claudelands Event Centre and hosted by television host and comedian Jeremy Corbett.

More about Professor Vic Arcus

Vic specialises in Molecular Biology and Evolution. This nomination focuses on research into Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, a disease that asymptomatically affects one-third of the world’s population and is one of the three deadly diseases, including Malaria and HIV. The disease can persist in a latent state for the life of it’s human host, or may reactivate after months to years, causing symptomatic tuberculosis disease. Currently this is treated with antibiotics, or the choice to vaccinate. Gaining a better understanding of the bacterial replication rates occurring during latency would help in the design of drugs to treat the disease.